Years have gone by since the death of Noah his special needs son, and Wiley Cantrell realizes it’s time to move on. He and his husband Jackson try to adopt little Tony Gorzola, a deaf boy with HIV who is emotionally traumatized.<br><br>Difficulties quickly set in. Tony is a sweet boy but very damaged by abuse and neglect. And Tony’s mother, in prison, is unwilling to relinquish her parental rights. No sooner do they get the go ahead to foster Tony when another child they had considered becomes available -- the daughter Jackson always wanted.<br><br>With two children on their hands, life is complicated -- wonderfully so. But just as things begin to settle down, Tony, his immune system compromised, falls ill with pneumonia ... and Wiley and Jackson find their little family faced with crisis once again.

Go Tell It on the Mountains

He stared at me through those ill-fitting glasses as if he did not know me.


He jerked away, spilling his dinosaur book onto the floor in his haste.


I eased back on my haunches, watched him, tried to convey with my facial expression that there was no need to be afraid.


“Hmmmm!” he keened suddenly, a stricken look in his eyes. He clenched his jaw, squeezed his fists together as if bracing for something.


“Ahhhh!” he moaned, shrinking away from me.


I eased myself back from him. I did this very slowly, very gently, not wanting to startle him further.


It’s okay,I signed again, slowly, carefully, adding a smile to show him everything was all right.


His eyes darted back and forth as his chest rose and fell in quick, shallow breaths.


Chapter 74